Alix Wilton Regan is stepping into one of gaming's most iconic roles. The actor, known for voice work in Assassin's Creed Origins and Dota: Dragon's Blood, will embody Lara Croft in the upcoming Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, a ground-up remake of the original 1996 adventure that launched the franchise.
At IGN Live 2026, Regan opened up about the weight of inheriting a character who has defined video game heroines for three decades. "It's amazing," she said of the opportunity. "Lara is a British cultural icon, she's a global icon. She is loved and I love her as much as everyone else, so I'm ecstatic."
The actor zeroed in on what makes Croft tick as a character: absolute self-assurance. "She's so completely confident in herself, in her abilities, her brain, her body, her being," Regan explained. That unwavering conviction will be central to how she performs the character across the remake.
What complicates the challenge is that Regan isn't just playing young Lara in Legacy of Atlantis. She's also voicing an older version of the character in the follow-up, Tomb Raider: Catalyst. Bridging both incarnations required a strategic approach. "You break them down as much as possible," she said. "You ask your collaborators to help you keep track of it because it is tricky. We're trying to do something different with the voice in each game."
For the Legacy of Atlantis script, the team made a deliberate choice to resurrect signature lines from the original game. Regan relished bringing those moments to 2026. "We've lifted some of the most iconic lines from the first Tomb Raider," she confirmed, adding that she loved "just getting to play those lines with kind of that 90s sass being brought up to 2026."
The production side of embodying Lara proved physically grueling. Regan disclosed that mocap recording sessions stretched for three weeks at a time, with crews working ten-hour days in motion-capture suits. "You get a bit hot and sweaty and extremely intimate with your costars," she said with a laugh. Despite the grind, Regan found motivation in seeing the digital character taking shape. "I spend a lot of time looking at Lara's little avatar on screen," she joked. "She is so smoking hot! I think we can all agree on that."
The cast behind Legacy of Atlantis extends beyond Regan, though she remains bound by confidentiality. "A brilliant cast attached that I'm really sorry I can't disclose yet!" she teased.
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis launches February 12, 2027 across Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X/S.
Author Emily Chen: "Regan clearly gets what made the original Lara work, and bringing that 90s attitude into a modern remake is exactly the right call to honor the legacy while moving forward."
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